DRC: Holland request an emergency meeting of the Security Council The Monde.fr with AFP |29/08/2013 16h16 • Updated 29/08/2013 at 20:48 After the death of a peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the east of the country, plagued by recurring violence against the Congolese authorities to rebel M23, Hollande called, Thursday, August 29 an emergency Security Council of the UN meeting. The day before, therefore, attack helicopters and artillery of the UN force intervened in Goma, in the east of the country, causing the death of a peacekeeper and wounding three. The area is the theater for a week of new clashes between the M23, supported by Rwanda , and the army Congolese government, now supported by the UN Mission for Stabilization in DRC (MONUSCO). Often accused of inefficiency, the largest operation of peacekeeping is on the offensive with the support of South African soldiers who fired on positions of command M23 to the Rwandan border. In response to these clashes, Rwanda on Thursday accused the power Congolese bombing its territory and said that such "provocation" could no longer be tolerated, after the death of a Rwandan killed by a shell. The United Nations had already declared to have committed their peacekeepers alongside the arm ed Kinshasa at the end of last week, after shooting had reached the outskirts of Goma, capital of North Kivu province. In November, the peacekeepers had failed to prevent the capture of the town by the M23. The rebel movement is made up of former Congolese soldiers, mostly Rwandans who mutinied and found, according to the DRC and the UN support in men and munitions of Ugandan and Rwandan governments. However, both countries deny any assistance M23. In a report released in May, the UN is alarmed by the increasing number of rapes in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, from the M23, but also the regular army. lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/08/29/rdc-hollande-demande-une-reunion-d-urgence-du-conseil-de-securite_3468598_3212.html
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